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‘Hands off our rugby league’

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Charles Bronson says he would not have bitten off prison governor's nose, saying: 'I'm a vegetarian'

Charles Bronson says he would not have bitten off prison governor's nose, saying: 'I'm a vegetarian'

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It is not clear how the credit card came to be in the child's possession.

Child spends more than £6,000 on council credit card

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York Christmas market is one of the most popular in the UK

York Christmas Market 2018: York St Nicholas Christmas Fair dates, opening times, food and drink and events

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Council gears up for gritting with 6,000 tonnes at the ready

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Fires claimed 16 lives in West Yorkshire in last year

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Wakefield NHS spending more on diabetes prescriptions, figures reveal

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Charles Bronson trial LIVE updates from Leeds Crown Court as prisoner is accused of HMP Wakefield governor attack

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Wakefield suitcase thief jailed for over five years

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$The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called after a man came off his motorbike in Pontefract.$

Air ambulance called after motorcyclist injured in Pontefract

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Men from Wakefield and Ossett arrested after two die in crash on motorway

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Wakefield Kirkgate Railway station

Extra parking spaces at Kirkgate Station ‘unlikely’

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The A6201 Wrangbrook Lane at Railway Cottages. Picture: Google.

Man cut free from car after crash at accident blackspot near Pontefract

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Jet2 have announced their 2019-20 winter schedule

Jet2 announce new Christmas markets flights from Leeds Bradford Airport

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Broken down train causes rail delays in Wakefield and Leeds

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Claims social workers asked government to take over Wakefield Council's children's services

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Jerry Clay Academy landed a gold artsmark award

Gold mark for Jerry Clay Academy embracing the arts

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Wakefield Town Hall

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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County Hall, Wakefield

Reliance on agency workers costs Wakefield Council £2million

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The number of children classed at risk of exploitation has spiralled from 1 in 2016 to above 80 in October 2018.

More than 80 Wakefield children at risk of sexual exploitation

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Extra parking spaces at Kirkgate Station ‘unlikely’

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Plan for 2,000 new homes near Wakefield

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Jet2 have announced their 2019-20 winter schedule

Jet2 announce new Christmas markets flights from Leeds Bradford Airport

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New face at head of sweet empire with West Yorkshire factories

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What to do with your old poppy? How to recycle your poppy

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Wakefield Town Hall

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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County Hall, Wakefield

Reliance on agency workers costs Wakefield Council £2million

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Wakefield's children's services was rated inadequate by Ofsted in July.

Under pressure children's services set to get more cash

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Yorkshire metro mayor Dan Jarvis says failure to focus on devolution in Budget is "another missed opportunity"

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What to do with your old poppy? How to recycle your poppy

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Campaigners demonstrate outside County Hall.

Rudd Quarry in Normanton fails in extension plans after Altofts Junior School pupils object

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Wakefield MP Mary Creagh fears the Government is not making the rights commitments to the environment post-Brexit.

Environment at risk of legal protections ‘hole’ - Wakefield MP Mary Creagh warns

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Paul Dainton, president of RATS, pictured in 2011.

'Our community is a giant bin' say campaigners in Normanton where clinical refuse has piled up at waste site

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Wakefield NHS spending more on diabetes prescriptions, figures reveal

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Cases of syphilis in Wakefield have doubled since 2012

Syphilis warning after STI outbreaks in Wakefield

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Michelle and Stuart Jackson.

Feature: ‘My whole future has been wiped out...’

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Less than three per cent of care homes are rated 'outstanding' under current CQC criteria.

Pontefract care home Sunnyfield rated 'outstanding' by CQC

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$Pontefract Hospital$

Pontefract Hospital birth centre reopens after Pinderfields staff shortage

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